Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:36:52 +0100 From: Marcus von Appen <mva@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USE_PYTHON version range no longer valid? Message-ID: <20140115203652.GB24607@medusa.sysfault.org> In-Reply-To: <201401151947.s0FJlOCG004035@chilled.skew.org> References: <201401151947.s0FJlOCG004035@chilled.skew.org>
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--+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On, Wed Jan 15, 2014, Mike Brown wrote: > A port I maintain (sorta) can only be built under Python 2.2.1 through 2.4.x. > The app isn't being developed any longer, so patches to get it to build under > 2.5+ aren't likely to be forthcoming. > > The port Makefile previously had USE_PYTHON= 2.2-2.4, but it was changed this > week to simply USE_PYTHON=2, with this comment: > > Python cleanup: > - USE_PYTHON* = 2.X -> USE_PYTHON* = 2 > - USE_PYTHON* = 2.X+ -> USE_PYTHON* = yes > Reviewed by: python (mva, rm) > Approved by: portmgr-lurkers (mat) > > By removing 2.4 as the maximum version, there are inevitable build errors for > this app. > > Reverting to USE_PYTHON= 2.2-2.4 results in 'make' failing with this: > ===> py27-4suite-1.0.b1_1 needs an unsupported version of Python. > > I'm fine with that, although I'm unsure what the ramifications are of Python > 2.4 being unsupported. Do people have the option of installing Python 2.4.6 > and using it with this port, or do we need to decommission the port? Python 2.4 was removed from the tree ages ago and none of us noticed that this port would be affected by that. Sorry - it should have vanished with the removal of Python 2.4. I'll set a deprecation message along with the expiration date to the 1st of February. It will be removed from the tree after that date. Cheers Marcus --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlLW8WMACgkQi68/ErJnpkeLAwCfTVn1cG6IAQUQhiIB7Hh+BEnj FHYAoNMicHYjPugTFcSiaJST4HR542bi =7Wwf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+pHx0qQiF2pBVqBT--
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